News: Costa Rica

We have started to collect the most important news related to Costa Rica in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Costa Rica – overview

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• April 7th 2014 – June 1st 2013
• May 27th 2013 – March 1st 2012
• February 29th 2012 – November 4th 2010
• October 22nd 2010 – September 4th 2010
• July 1st 2010 – August 23rd 2009
• August 12th 2009 – November 19th 2008
• September 7th 2008 – February 23rd 2007
• November 20th 2006 – February 20th 2006
• February 20th 2006 – February 6th 2006

Costa Rica: news

Luis Solis wins Costa Rica election

Monday, April 7th 2014, 8:43

Centre-left historian Luis Guillermo Solis wins the run-off in Costa Rica's presidential election after his only remaining rival dropped out.
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Costa Rica candidate withdraws

Thursday, March 6th 2014, 1:15

Costa Rica presidential candidate Johnny Araya, from the governing party, says he is abandoning his campaign for April's run-off election.
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VIDEO: Gutters fall at Brazil football venue

Monday, March 3rd 2014, 13:48
related countries: Brazil, United Kingdom
related places: Belo Horizonte

Heavy rainfall caused damage to the stadium in Belo Horizonte where England meet Costa Rica on 24 June
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Costa Rican 'outsider' leads in poll

Monday, February 3rd 2014, 11:31

Left-leaning candidate Luis Guillermo Solis has a narrow lead in Costa Rica's presidential election, which is now likely to go into a run-off.
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Costa Rica holds presidential poll

Monday, February 3rd 2014, 3:12

Governing party candidate Johnny Araya takes an early lead as votes are counted in Costa Rica's presidential election.
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England given tough World Cup draw

Friday, December 6th 2013, 19:05
related countries: Brazil, Italy, United Kingdom

England are drawn alongside Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica in Group D at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
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VIDEO: Eleven die in Guatemala bar attack

Monday, September 9th 2013, 0:32
related countries: Guatemala
related places: San Jose Nacahuil

A group of armed men in Guatemala has killed 11 people and wounded at least another 15 in an attack at a bar in the town of San Jose Nacahuil, some 18 km (11 miles) outside Guatemala City.
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VIDEO: Turtle eggs sold in Costa Rica

Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, 3:36

A conservation project in Costa Rica is allowing locals to take turtle eggs from a beach during the nesting season and make money by selling them to the community.
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VIDEO: The miracle behind Pope's sainthood

Saturday, July 6th 2013, 0:30

The unexplained recovery of a seriously ill Costa Rican woman whose family prayed to the memory of the Pope John Paul II has led to the Vatican announcing the late pontiff is to be made a saint.
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Poachers 'kill turtle activist'

Saturday, June 1st 2013, 0:13

An environmentalist campaigning for the protection of endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica is found dead on a local beach.
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April 7th 2014 – June 1st 2013May 27th 2013 – March 1st 2012February 29th 2012 – November 4th 2010October 22nd 2010 – September 4th 2010July 1st 2010 – August 23rd 2009August 12th 2009 – November 19th 2008September 7th 2008 – February 23rd 2007November 20th 2006 – February 20th 2006February 20th 2006 – February 6th 2006